The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.
Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.
I've choreographed all of my movies.
In every movie I do have a dialogue.
When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.
I'm crazy, but I'm not too crazy.
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.
After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.
